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Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Bill Bryson; Jon Turney |
ISBN: | 9780007302567 0007302568 9780007302574 0007302576 |
OCLC Number: | 440112009 |
Credits: | Edited & introduced by Bill Bryson ; contributing editor, Jon Turney. |
Description: | 490 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | At the beginning : more things in heaven and earth / James Gleck -- Of the madness of mad scientists : Jonathan Swift's grand academy / Margaret Atwood -- Lost in space : the spiritual crisis of Newtonian cosmology / Margaret Wertheim -- Atoms of cognition : metaphysics in the Royal Society, 1715-2010 / Neal Stephenson -- What's in a name? : rivalries and the birth of modern science / Rebecca Newberger Goldstein -- Charged atmospheres : Promethean science and the Royal Society / Simon Schaffer -- A new age of flight : Joseph Banks goes ballooning / Richard Holmes -- Archives of life : science and collections / Richard Fortey -- Darwin's five bridges : the way to natural selection / Richard Dawkins -- Images of progress : conferences of engineers / Henry Petroski -- X-ray visions : structural biologists and social action in the twentieth century / Georgina Ferry -- Ten thousand wedges : biodiversity, natural selection, and random change / Steve Jones -- Making stuff : from Bacon to Bakelite / Philip Ball -- Just typical : our changing place in the universe / Paul Davies -- Behind the scenes : the hidden mathematics that rules our world / Ian Stewart -- Simple, really : from simplicity to complexity -- and back again / John D. Barrow -- Globe and sphere, cycles and flows : how to see the world / Oliver Morton -- Beyond ending : looking into the void / Maggie Gee -- Confidence, consensus, and the uncertainty cops : tackling risk management in climate change / Stephen H. Schneider -- Time : the winged chariot / Gregory Benford -- Conclusion : looking fifty years ahead / Martin Ress. |
Responsibility: | edited by Bill Bryson ; contributing editor Jon Turney. |
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`Provocative, admirable and highly readable' Sunday Times `This is a book with cerebral riches, heavy with history, to be consumed at leisure...it is also beautifully illustrated' Guardian `This book makes abundantly clear what was best about the society 350 years ago, and remains so today, is an unshakeable commitment to the value of rational inquiry and evidence as the basis for good decision making...lavishly illustrated, it manages to strike just the right note between celebration and provocation' Financial Times `Beautifully produced and sumptuously illustrated book...gem-like contributions, from a heady mix of FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society)...a fitting memorial to the Royal Society and all it stands for...this beautiful book showcases distinguished scientists making difficult concepts exciting and accessible, and eloquent narrators diverting us with page-turning tales, all in their own distinct ways' Independent on Sunday `This weighty tome, celebrating 350 years of the Royal Society, is a must read for any lay scientist, but it is also accessible for curious non scientists... in a vivid introduction, Bill Bryson highlights some of the many interdisciplinary discoveries made by notables such as Isacc Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Lister and Isambard Kingdom Brunel... a pleasingly thematic appraisal of this centuries-old institution brought to you by 20 esteemed writers... lets look forward to another 350 years of groundbreaking discovery' Time Out `'Seeing Further' is a handsome book - it is beautifully illustrated - containing thoughtful insights, eloquently expressed...as a celebration of 350 years of modern science, it is a worthy tribute' Economist Read more...


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